Ash carrier



Ndv. s, 1932. E. T. REMY 1,887,041

ASH CARRIER Filed-Nov. 18, 1930 Patented Nov. 8, .1932

PATENT! OFFICE or oBEsrLmn, 1110 ASH Gamma;

a imauon flled'November 1a, 1930. v Serial m.'49e,477.

v This invention relates to ash carriers.

An object of the invention is to provide a receptacle or container by means of which.

the accumulating,removingand disposing of ashes'fr'om a coal burning f'urnaceto-the point of final dispositionmwill be accomplished conveniently and in 'a dustless man- 'A further'object is to providea novel con-v :tainer; and novel lidtherefor, the container "being adapted to be-placed within the ash pit -.of the furnace withoutthe lid, andlafter it g Y a has become filled, theili'd is applied through the-instrumentality of a track carried by the container, the covered receptacle being adapted to be easily and convenientlyre- -moved by means of handlesfrom the ash pit .zand dustless disposal of the ashes made by drawing the lid from the track.

A further object is to provide the container and the lid therefor each witha front detached, thetop portion ofthe front wall space of the container will be. open to facilitate proper draft through the ash pit door.

Astill further'object is to provide an ash carrier which willbe composed of a few siml 9 ple, strong and'durable parts which 'willrbe easy to manufacture and will not readily get .outof order.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully "described and gclaimed, it being understood that various 'modifications maybe resorted to within the imscope of the appended claims without de- P ng from the spirit orsacrificingfany of the advantages of the invention.

In'the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification Figure 1is a perspective view of the ash carrier showing the lid partly open,-.

.Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through the lower part of a coalburning furnace and showing the ash carrier inplace.

9 Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through simply inverting the container and with handle 16. The container is adapted to be to reinforce andprevent buckling of the lid,

tute a track and the Z-shaped flanges 26 con d the ash carrier with the lid closed, an t Fig. 4 is across sectional viewof the ash carrier taken on the line 4+4: of Fig. 3. Referring now to the drawing in which 55 like characters of-reference designate similar" partsin the various views, 10 designates a coal burning furnace, 11 thegrate bars, 12 the ash pit, and .13 the ash pit door, these parts being of the usual and well known construction. i

In carrying outthe invention, I provide a container 14 whichis preferably formed of sheet metal. 'Thecontainer is open at the top and-is closed atthe sides and. the rear end. The front end wall space is partially closed by means ofa front wall 15 which extends in height substantially to a point one-half the height of the container and is equipped with a placed on the bottom of the ash pit below the grate bars 11 and by virtueof the open space existing above the front wall 15, proper draft of the furnace through the ash pit door 13 and container will be effected.

Preferably, the. container is oblong in 'contour, although variations in contour may be resorted to to -fit the container to various shapes of ash pits. In the present embodiment of the invention, the sheetmetal side walls17 of the container are provided with inturned flanges 18 and the rear wall 19 of the container is provided with an inturned flange 20. The rear wall, sides and front wall may I .overtherear ends of the side walls,as.shown at 21, and weldedto the side walls. Likewise, the ends 23 of the front wall 15 may be bent over the side walls andv welded to the latter.

A sheet metal lid 25 is provided of suitable lengthand cross dimension to close the top of the container. Av pair of longitudinal Z-shapedflanges .26 preferably corrugated as shownat 27, are welded to the longitudinal edges ofthe lid. The flanges are so spaced as to receive the inturnedflanges 18 of the side walls so that said inturned flanges 18 constio stitute guides which direct sliding movement of the lid during application to and removal from the container.

The lid is provided with a front wall 28 which preferably is formed by bending the lid downwardly. The front wall is of sufficient height to extend from the .lid to the top of the front wall of thecontainer when the lid is applied. Consequently, the front wall of the lid and the front wall of the container form a complete closure for" the ash carrier when filled with ashes so that the same may be transported to the place of disposal conveniently and in a dustless mannen. The front wall of the lid is provided with a handle 529 which overlies the handle 16 of the front wall of the container, as shown in Fig. 3.

'The handle 29 of the lid is preferably welded at the ends to the'front wall 28 of the lid,

For preventing distortion of the lid, a

transverse brace 30 is secured to the container near the front wall thereof, the brace preferably having downwardly bentpor tions 31 which are riveted, as shown at 32,150 the side walls 17.

Furthermore, for bracing the front wall against distortion, a transverse brace 33 is preferably welded to the front wall. Said transverse brace is provided with rearwardly extending portions 35 which are preferably welded to the-side walls 17 It will be observed by referring to Figs. 1 and 3 that the guide flanges 26 of the lid terminate short of the rear end edge of the lid so that the inturned flange 20" of the rear wall of the container may project over the top face of the lid and thus seal thecrack that would otherwise exist between therear wall and lid whenothe lid is applied andconsequently prevent escape of dust.

It will be particularly pointed out that the front wall 28 of the lid overlaps the front wall 15 of the container and thus effectively seals the front wall against the escape of dust when the lid is applied.

In operation, the container is inserted in the ash pit underneath the grate bars. After the container has become filled with ashes, the ash pit door 13 is opened and the lid is applied to the track of the container, the lid being slid rearwardly untilrthe front Walls of the container and lid meet, in whichposition of the parts the container is sealed against escape of ashes or dust. The container, with the lid applied, is now bodily withdrawn from the ash pit by means of the container handle 16 and may be transported to the point where disposition of ashes is to be made. Thereupon, the container is inverted so that the lid becomes the bottom. The lid is then withdrawn by means of the handle 29 thereof and at thesame timelifting the container obliquely to deposit the ashes in the ash depository.

By virtue of the novel construction of the claim:

of the container and lid, such walls constituting approximately one-half of the front wall space of the entire device, escape of dust during transportation will be prevented,

while at the same time when the container is in operative position in the ash pit, the

open spacerabove the short front wall will assure proper draft of the furnace through the ash pit door 13. p

Having thus described the invention, I

1. An ash carrier "comprising an open top container adaptedfto be inserted in the ash pit of a coal burning furnace, a lid for closing the top of the container when filled, a track on the container, corrugated Z-shaped reinforcing guide flanges on the lid for slid ably engaging the track, coacting overlap-' ping front walls on the lid and container each of less height than the depth of the container and adapted to coact in forming a 010- sure forthe front of'the container when the lid is applied, and handles on said frontwalls. r

2. The combination with the :ash pit of a coal burning furnace, of a container in the ash pit open at the top for receiving ashes gravitating from the grate bars, a front wall for the container extending from the "bottom of the container for a short distance upward- 11 and forming a partial closure for the front of the container whereby the furnace draft from the ash pit door may enter the container E above said front wall, a handle on said front wall, a lid for the container having a front wall adapted to coact with the front wall of the container in forminga complete closure for the front of the container when the lid is applied to permit transportation of the ash filled container in a dustless manner, a handle on said lid, inturned flanges on the container forming a track, and corrugated q reinforcing flanges on the lid above the traclfll5 forming guides for the lid.

3. An ash carrier comprising a container open "at the top and adapted to be inserted in the ash pit of a coal burning furnace, a track on the top edges of the sides of the con 20 tainer, a lid adapted to form a closure for the open top of the container, corrugated Z- shaped guide flanges on the sides of the lid above said track and directing the slidin movement of the lid during application an removal and reinforcing the sides of the lid, an inturned flange. on the container back wall adapted to project over the rear edge of the lid and abut the guide flanges to form, a dust-tight connection between the lid and container, coacting front walls on the lid and container each of less height than the depth of the container and formln a, closure for the front of the container w enthe lid is applied, and handles on said front walls.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' EARL T. REMY. 

